Meaning

2 senses
  1. A group of people who are more willing to accept new ideas than their peers are.

  2. Collectively, people who have recently gained prominence or influence within a specific field.

Origin

From the antonym old guard.

From the antonym old guard.

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Forms

plural: new guards
Singularnew guard
Pluralnew guards

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatednew school

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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